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Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Small Breed Dogs Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Small Breed Dogs Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat, and Tapioca. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 31.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 32.0%, fat 18.0%, fiber 4.0%, moisture 9.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 31.0%
32%
18%
9%
31%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 31.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 32.0%. One cup carries 469 kcal.
PROTEIN
32.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
31.0%
KCAL / CUP
469
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FIRST 5 OF 38 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,290 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
32.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
9.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
31.0%

469 kcal per cup.

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Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tapioca, Sweet Potatoes, Fish Meal, Turkey Meal, Freeze-Dried Chicken, Chickpeas, Dried Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Ground Flaxseeds, Freeze-Dried Chicken Liver, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Coconut Oil, Potassium Chloride, Pumpkin Seeds, Freeze-Dried Chicken Heart, Montmorillonite Clay, Ground Miscanthus Grass, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin), Apples, Blueberries, Carrots, Cranberries, Dried Yeast, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide), Choline Chloride, Taurine, Yeast Culture, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Salmon Oil, Rosemary Extract

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 32.0% 35.2% HIGH
FAT 18.0% 19.8% n/a
FIBER 4.0% 4.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 31.0% 34.1% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 31.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
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What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
3.5 lb $23.99LIVE $6.85 Amazon lowest of 2 stores
10 lb $43.99 $4.40 Chewy lowest of 7 stores

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 5. Others are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.3CUPS
    1,076 kcal251 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (469 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // INSTINCT

    2 FDA Recalls On Record

    JUL 24, 2015
    SALMONELLA

    Instinct® Raw Chicken Formula for dogs Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    FEB 15, 2013
    PLASTIC PIECES

    Pet food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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